Ten years ago, Bill Cosby reportedly admitted to being a serial philanderer who had obtained quaaludes as part of his efforts to have sex with women. Cosby testified to such behavior in a lawsuit brought against him, but it was all filed away in a deposition that never saw the light of day until a federal judge unsealed a 62-page memorandum of law in the case, which had been settled in 2006, earlier this month at the request of the Associated Press.

On Saturday, The New York Timespublished a detailed account of Cosby’s testimony based on the transcript of the deposition, which had been publicly available, but tucked away. The Times says that in the deposition, Cosby “comes across as alternately annoyed, mocking, occasionally charming and sometimes boastful, often blithely describing sexual encounters in graphic detail.” It’s a sharp contrast to his sitcom-sharpened image of fatherly charm.

The testimony was recorded as part of a lawsuit filed in 2005 against the actor and comedian by a woman, Andrea Constand, who worked at Temple University as a basketball manager, who made what is now a familiar claim—that Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her. While dozens of women have now come forward with similar stories, at the time, Constand was the only one to file suit against Cosby.

New York Times reporters Graham Bowley and Sydney Ember describe Cosby's demeanor in the depositions as an “unapologetic, cavalier playboy” and as “someone who used a combination of fame, apparent concern and powerful sedatives in a calculated pursuit of young women” with “casual indifference.”

Cosby has never been charged with a crime and has repeatedly denied the accusations of sexual assault, now leveled by dozens of women. His publicist did not respond to the Times's request for comment Saturday.

In the deposition, Cosby admitted to giving Constand “one and a half tablets of Benadryl to relieve stress, they kissed and had sexual contact.” Constand’s lawyer believes Cosby gave her client a much more powerful drug. According to the Times, in the deposition Cosby acknowledged that he had obtained quaaludes as part of his effort to have sex with women.

Thirteen women came forward with anonymous sworn statements to support Constand‘s narrative, legally swearing that they, too, had been molested by Cosby, but their claims in court were not pursued after Constand settled her case against The Cosby Show star on undisclosed terms. Due to a confidentiality clause that was part of the settlement agreement, Constand was prohibited from releasing the memorandum in which Cosby made his startling confessions.

This month, Constand’s lawyer and the A.P. asked the court to lift the confidentiality clause so her client would be free to release the nearly 1,000-page deposition transcript, according to the Times. U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno unsealed a portion of Cosby’s deposition, ruling that “the stark contrast between Bill Cosby, the public moralist and Bill Cosby, the subject of serious allegations concerning improper (and perhaps criminal) conduct is a matter as to which the A.P.—and by extension the public—has a significant interest.”